OUR PEOPLE
SONIA TALLARIDA
Principal Director
A leader in her field. Sonia brings a unique and indefinable energy to every engagement - activating the inner spirit of leaders and their teams.
Famous for asking the unexpected question, for provoking a shift in dialogue and for inviting leaders to bring both their hearts and minds to the work of creating high performance. This requires a sense of courageous adventure, an uncommon knowledge of the business context and a quick mind, with warmth and connection. All signature strengths Sonia brings to every engagement.
Adept at navigating complex team and interpersonal relations, Sonia is not only a masterful facilitator she’s also an expert at creating partnerships and team environments that bring about unprecedented levels of individual and collective performance.
Having delivered in Blue Chips, not for profit and government globally over 20 years, you can be assured that the team experience is everything but “cookie cutter” – having a raft of experience and tools at her finger tips. Your team will experience a re-emerging of what it needs most – and will get right to the heart of the matter.
OLIVIA WHITE
Principal Director
Olivia knows how to get to the heart of the issue. She is known for her honest and direct approach and invests wholeheartedly with groups or individuals to effect change. Olivia’s energy inspires people to grow and she is skilled at helping people solve problems by seeing a different perspective.
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Olivia is a spiritual counsellor who works with clients to intervene in their thought processes so as to increase their ability to deal with challenges in their lives. Her work adds a dimension to this giving people a context in which to understand the origins of their actions and reactions as well as offering another belief system in order to find purpose and fulfillment.
Having worked in not for profit, private and education sectors, she has over 20 years experience in human resources and facilitation dealing with complex behavioral, emotional, performance and organisational change.
Olivia can energise a team and get them focused on what is important.
IAN ROGERS
Founder
Ian has a unique background encompassing both the business and spiritual worlds.
In business, Ian held senior management positions for about 20 years in both federal and state government, large private enterprise, small business and a not for profit. He has driven significant cultural change both within organisations and also within the client group for those organisations. He headed up the Australian Arm of the World Economic Forum which promotes debate amongst Australia’s top leaders on global matters affecting Australia.
Ian began his training in the spiritual world in the seventies. He is a medium and spiritual teacher who works internationally, helping organisations and individuals. Ian brings forward a deep knowledge of leadership and how people and organisations can best function in order to bring out the best in people.
Ian also has a leadership background in sport, having been appointed Coach of the Team of the Century for his former Football Club, Old Camberwell Grammarians Amateur Football Club. He was also a player in the Team of the Century. Ian is also a practising Martial artist at the Black Belt level.